Toilet-roll holder



June 24, 1,930. L.; H; MORIN 1,767,007

TOILET ROLL HOLDER Filed Nov. 18, 1925 Ilx lllll Patented June 24, 1930 narran STATES LoUIs H. MORIN, or NEW Yonx, N. Y.,

Assraivon,V :BY MnsNn ASSIGNMENTS, 'ro

DOEHLER VEND'ING MACHINES, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK TOILETTROLL HOLDER Application filedY November 1a, 1926. serial No. 149,095.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved toilet paper roll holder of that type in which the roll,when once applied to the device, cannot be removed. A

stop is commonly provided whereby the rotation of the roll, when a sheet of paper is pulled, is limited to permit detachment of one sheet only at a time. With devices of this kind heretofore commonly in use, it is diiicult and inconvenient to remove the empty roll carrier from its supporting bracket; also difficulty is often experienced in refilling the roll carrier and replacing it on the bracket. The invention overcomes these objections and provides novel means for securing the rotative element of the holder to its supporting member and for releasing the same.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, showing one embodiment thereof, and thereafter the invention will be pointed out in claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section, a roll of paper being indicated by broken lines;

Figure 2 is a front view of the device in operative position, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary section on the line 3 3, Figure 2, with the holding means released.

The base member thus described has formed therein spaced apertures a by means of which it may be attached to a wall.

The rotative element is formed of two spaced bars 4.-, which bars are connected by oval end pieces 4", 4"* and an intermediate connecting web or cross bar 5. End member 4X is formed with a lateral extension 6 which overhangs the adjacent arm 2 and provides a stop against rotation of the rotative roll supporting element except to a limited extent. This rotatable element forms a roll carrier which constitutes a roll-receiving core frame.

At its left hand end, the rotative element is provided with a projecting pivot stud 3 adapted to enter the socket 8 formed in the left hand arm 2. Mounted intermediate con- 50 necting members 4;* and 5 and adapted for The device comprises a base l having spaced forwardly projecting arms 2, which arms at their ends are formed with sockets 8, 8X.

endwise movement in apertures formed thereyin is a pivot rod 7, the construction of which is illustratedin detail, Figure 3L' The rOd is normally pressed to the right so that its end enters the socket Sxfor'med in the right hand supporting arm 2, a spring 9 ,being employed for such purpose. Thespring at one end acts ragainst a washer 10 secured to rod 7 and at its opposite end acts against the side of connecting web 5.

`At the left hand side ofconnecting web 5 is a cam 9X which is adapted to act'upon an adjacent angular extension 7 X of rod 7 when said `extension is moved upwardly, the action of the cam being 4to force rod 7 to the left and withdrawits end from socket 8X'topermit withdrawal of support. j Y

It is intended that a roll having an ,oval center beplaced upon the roll carrier or holding member, and when this is done the opening of the roll adjacent connecting'lmember 4x will be closed by said member,vand itwill be impossible to manipulate rod 7 so as to release the roll, until the paper is depleted and the usual cardboardcore, if employed, is re# moved toexpose the angular extension 7X of therod.V

This extension projects beyond the cam 9X to form a handle. t When the extension V7X is raised it will ride up the edge of the cam 9X with the result that the rod will be withdrawn from the socket 8x. When thelektension 7X is liftedinto engagement with the straightor fiat portion of thev cam rise, as

Vshown in Figure 3 and indicated bythe the rotative elementfrom its broken line circle in Figure 2, the cam 9? will y retain the rod or journal pin 7 in its withdrawn position, to permit thequick and easy removal of the emptyroll carrier.4

After the roll carrier has .been removed, for placing a roll thereon, the handle 7X is returned to the position shown in igure 2,`

with the outer end of the rod 7 projecting from the end piece 4*. The cam 9 and spring 9 then cooperate to maintainthe projecting end of the handle 7X. out of the path of the roll, so as not t0 obstruct the latter as it is slipped over the roll carrier ;l and likewise so that the end of the handle 7x cannot lcatch upon the inside of the roll and thus interfere with the inward movement of the rod 7 as its journal end is snapped into the bearing socket 8X through the flaring guide groove shown in the inner side of the outer end of the arm 2:

In use, after a sheet of paper has been detached, gravity will return the partly rotatable roll holder to the position shown lin the dra-wings, by .reason of the aligned pivot stud 3 and releasable pivot rod 7 being oi'f center relatively to the longitudinal members 4. In this position the handle 7 X is in convenient position for manipulation.

The face of the cam may bear ka legend indicating that the extension 7x is to be raised, as for example Lift up pinv.

It will be noted from the drawings that the cam 9c has a uniform gradual spiral cam rise terminating in a flat top which ends at the adjacent side bar 4 of the roll-receiving core frame or roll carrier, so that thus this frame bar forms a stop shoulder for the handle lever 7 when the latter is swung outward to its projecting position in withdrawing the projection pivot end of the rod 7. It will also be noted that the cam 9X cooperates with the spring 9 to hold the handle lever 7 at its normal non-projecting` position within the limits or confines of the rollearrying core frame. j

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and above,V particularly described, within the principle and scope of the invention as defined-in the appended claim.

I claim:v

In a roll holder, the combination of arollv receiving core frame of flattened transverse shape including substantially oval end pieces provided with aligned eccentric pivots adjacent their upper ends, a rod rotatably and slidably mounted in the frame to form one of the said pivots, a spring for causing the outer end of the rod to project to form a pivot which may be withdrawn against the force of the spring, a, handle lever fixed on and projecting at an angle from the inner end of the pivot rod normally to extend downward within the limits of the transverse bounds of the'flattened core frame and substantially in the plane thereof, aicam on the core frame having a gradual spiral cam rise terminating in a flat top, a stop shoulder for the handle lever formed on Vthe core frame at the end of the flat top of the camrise, the said cam being disposed and arranged to be engaged by the handle Llever when the latter is swung outward along the cam rise to a projecting position on the flat top of the cam adjacent the said stop shoulder thereby to withdraw the projecting pivot end of the rod and the said cam being also disposed and arranged to cooperate with the spring for holding the said handle at its normy signature.

LOUIS I-I. MORIN.

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